Author: Flora Graham

Daily briefing: Vaping has ‘alarming’ risks for children

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03122-yVaping in childhood comes with bigger health risks than we thought. Plus, chemists can’t seem to ditch hazardous solvents and whether apocalyptic claims about A…

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03122-y

Vaping in childhood comes with bigger health risks than we thought. Plus, chemists can’t seem to ditch hazardous solvents and whether apocalyptic claims about AI are a dangerous distraction.

Daily briefing: Old hearts ‘de-age’ in younger people

Nature, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03089-wEpigenetic ‘clocks’ suggest that transplanted organs adjust to the host’s biological age. Plus, a new biography of Stephen Hawking and how sham societies are mi…

Nature, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03089-w

Epigenetic 'clocks' suggest that transplanted organs adjust to the host's biological age. Plus, a new biography of Stephen Hawking and how sham societies are misleading star researchers.

Daily briefing: Landmark bat study suggests they evolved in Europe

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03050-xA new project aims to generate chromosome-level genomes for all living bat species. Plus, AlphaFold has a new pandemic preparedness portal and security risks of…

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03050-x

A new project aims to generate chromosome-level genomes for all living bat species. Plus, AlphaFold has a new pandemic preparedness portal and security risks of AI.

Daily briefing: Read the text inside a charred, rolled-up scroll

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03025-yLead detection reveals the ink on burnt sheets of papyrus. Plus, the first radio signals from an exoplanet and how to stay smart in the age of AI.

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03025-y

Lead detection reveals the ink on burnt sheets of papyrus. Plus, the first radio signals from an exoplanet and how to stay smart in the age of AI.

Daily briefing: The mystery of the ‘little red dots’

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03011-4Theories abound about the identity of these enigmatic objects in space. Plus, meet a nation’s favourite goth robin and discover benefits associated with a low-s…

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03011-4

Theories abound about the identity of these enigmatic objects in space. Plus, meet a nation’s favourite goth robin and discover benefits associated with a low-sugar babyhood.

Daily briefing: The first new cat species described by science in a century

Nature, Published online: 21 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03008-zLeopardus tilcayo is smaller than a housecat and covered in leopard-like spots. Plus, the brain might spawn from two types of precursor cell and how to maintain…

Nature, Published online: 21 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03008-z

Leopardus tilcayo is smaller than a housecat and covered in leopard-like spots. Plus, the brain might spawn from two types of precursor cell and how to maintain the foundations of human flourishing in a climate crisis.

Daily briefing: How to turn a paper into an AI agent

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02994-4A new tool is designed to help researchers interact with published papers. Plus, promising news for an RNA-based treatment for ALS and how psychoactive drugs mi…

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02994-4

A new tool is designed to help researchers interact with published papers. Plus, promising news for an RNA-based treatment for ALS and how psychoactive drugs might have shaped pre-Incan culture.

Daily briefing: Fresh evidence for hidden chambers at Tutankhamun’s tomb

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02955-xScans support the idea that as-yet-unexplored chambers might hold the remains of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. Plus, mathematical controversy and beautiful cten…

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02955-x

Scans support the idea that as-yet-unexplored chambers might hold the remains of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. Plus, mathematical controversy and beautiful ctenophores.

Daily briefing: Asgards — the microorganisms that might have begat us all

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02951-1Explore the origins of all complex life, boggle at award-winning microscopy and learn that stomach bugs send protective immune cells rushing from gut to brain.

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02951-1

Explore the origins of all complex life, boggle at award-winning microscopy and learn that stomach bugs send protective immune cells rushing from gut to brain.

Daily briefing: Reading for pleasure linked to big brain benefits

Nature, Published online: 15 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02924-4Evidence that reading for fun is related to structural brain changes, improved mental health and reduced risk of cognitive decline. Plus, go prospecting for cle…

Nature, Published online: 15 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02924-4

Evidence that reading for fun is related to structural brain changes, improved mental health and reduced risk of cognitive decline. Plus, go prospecting for clean-burning hydrogen gas underground and discover the oldest galaxy ever seen.